Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A church in Bryan, Ohio is taking legal action against the city after being charged with violating city ordinances when they ...

An Ohio pastor is facing criminal charges for opening his church to unhoused people. The city of Bryan, Ohio, charged Pastor Chris Avell with multiple zoning code violations Dec. 8. According to the ...

An Ohio pastor is suing his city after officials ordered him to stop sheltering homeless people at his rented church building — and even charged the preacher with violating the city’s zoning codes.

BRYAN, Ohio — A northwest Ohio city of about 8,700 people has been named one of the state's best hometowns in an annual list from Ohio Magazine. Bryan, the county seat of Williams County in the ...

BRYAN, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed another brief in support of Dad's Place, a Bryan church that operated as a 24/7 shelter for the homeless despite the city's claims it was in ...

The city of Bryan, Ohio, has dropped all charges against a local pastor who was allowing homeless people to sleep inside his church without the city's permission. "Bryan is my home. I am eager to ...

The mayor of Bryan, Ohio argues that her city's actions against Dad's Place, a church housing the homeless, are about safety, not religious freedom. Schlade says the church has repeatedly violated ...

A church in Bryan, Ohio is taking legal action against the city after being charged with violating city ordinances when they opened their doors to homeless people who were looking for shelter. Dad's ...